Tag Archives: Bonneville Salt Flats
The Toyota USA Museum is crushing a classic Cressida and record-setting Prius
We are sad to report that the Toyota USA Museum appears to be sending two of its cars to the crusher. A gold 1978 Cressida and a 2003 Prius with a very distinct livery have surfaced in a recycling yard … Continue reading
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Tagged Bonneville Salt Flats, cressida, mark II, prius, toyota, Toyota USA Museum, x30, XW20
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VIDEO: Jun Auto Mechanic’s assaults on Bonneville
With last month’s passing of Junichi Tanaka, founder of JUN Auto Mechanic, our minds have been on some of his company’s greatest achievements. The tuning house accomplished so much, in such a wide variety of automotive pursuits, that it’s hard … Continue reading
Posted in motorsport
Tagged 300zx, Bonneville Salt Flats, Daijiro Inada, fairlady z, jun auto mechanic, nissan, option, r33, skyline, z32
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EVENTS: 2017 Japanese Classic Car Show, Part 02 — Because Race Car
In Japan, you have full-blown vintage racing events devoted to Nihon steel, factory sponsored motorsports festivals, and manufacturer exhibits. These things don’t really happen in the US with Japanese automakers, so JCCS is one of the rare opportunities for competition machines to … Continue reading
COLLECTIONS: Inside Mazda North America’s Basement
Talk to Mazda employees about their cars, past and present, and it immediately becomes clear that the company is comprised of people passionate about what they’ve built. This is no small feat, and we have peeked behind the walls of enough automakers to … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Galleries
Tagged 24 Hours of Daytona, 787, 929, atenza, Bonneville Salt Flats, capella, demio, familia, fc3s, fd3s, glc, imsa, le mans, luce, Luce Rotary Coupe, mazda, Mazda Basement, Mazda2, Mazda6, miata, mx-5, mx-6, MX-R01, r130, repu, rx-2, rx-4, rx-7, rx-792p, rx-8, sa22, savanna
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